Egypt: Salafis protest against establishing ties with Iran because it's Shia

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Egypt: Salafis protest against establishing ties with Iran because it's Shia

God..these freaks of nature are everywhere! Every stone you turn, they turn up squealing.

But we know whose bankrolling them; the same pals who bank rolled the taliban kindergartens; and the same pals of amerika. They have ALOT to answer for.

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I doubt salafis are after every Shia...there are plenty of Shia living in Saudi and Qatar in peace. To be fair, Iranian government is not an angel as some people make it out to be. Remember what it did to Bahais?

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Egypt: Salafis protest against establishing ties with Iran because it's Shia

Yes there are plenty of saudis, qatari bahraini and kuwaiti shias but they are anything BUT living in peace.

There are almost daily protests, shootings arrests and torture in eastern saudi, oil rich - shia dominated areas. Kuwait is typically oppressive and discriminatory even more so after bahrain protests and the less said about bahrain the better. Qatar is an isreali stooge that bends at whim; so God know where you're getting your news from; but i would definitely reconsider!

Bahai headquarters are in israel for a reason. They are not as innocent as you seem to think.

And yes salafis do detest all shias... Esp so if their mama pays them to.

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Saudi and Qatar are not Salafi. They are Wahabi. Salafis and Wahabis are different. And Shias don't exactly live in peace there, they live with some pretty hefty restrictions, covered by a blanket of media censorship.

I recall reading once how the supporters of a Shia cleric who was arrested in Saudi together with many of his followers were somewhat surprised to find the Saudi press describing his arrest as the successful identification and arrest of a black magic practitioner and his cult!

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And if you think this Brotherhoods vs Salafi vs Wahabi difference is confusing, read my signature for what Al-Ghazali concluded 900 years ago.

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I'd still say that what you read or hear in media is exaggerated. Shia in Saudi and Qatar are as safe as Shia living in Iran or Lebanon.

I live here now and I've seen it with my own eyes.

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Oh, thank you very much. This news has been such a relief. People! Shias are "SAFE" in Saudi. In other words, they are still ALIVE. What else do they want?! Right?
The “exaggeration in media” must be the work of Iran. May be this is why Salafis are against Iranian presence in Egypt. Right?

Persecution of Shia Muslims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
**The government has restricted the names that Shias can use for their children **in an attempt to discourage them from showing their identity. Saudi textbooks, criticized for their anti-Semitism, **are equally hostile to Shiism often characterizing the faith as a form of heresy worse than Christianity and Judaism. Wahabi teachers frequently tell classrooms full of young Shia schoolchildren that they are heretics.[SUP][29]](Anti-Shi'ism - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
In the town of Dammam, a quarter of whose residents are Shia Ashura is banned, and there is no distinctly Shia call to prayer. There is no Shia cemetery **for the nearly quarter of the 600,000 Shias that live there. There is only one mosque for the town’s 150,000 Shias. The Saudi government has often been viewed as an active oppressor of Shias because of the funding of the Wahabi ideology which denounces the Shia faith.[SUP][30]](Anti-Shi'ism - Wikipedia)

[/SUP]One more thing. Since oil in the kingdom is concentrated in shia majorit area, and as you said, since shias are living quite comfortably there; therefore shias must be quite well off financially. Could you please confirm this?

This is a report of Human Rights Watch. It gives glimpses of life shias face in Saudi. This report must be the work of Iran. Right?

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please open a thread in religion and scriptures or pm me...

whats the difference between salafis and wahabis?

thank you...:)

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Khoji, can you also post human rights report on Iran? :)

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and even after such openly rabid hatred is displayed for all to see, we still have educated religious people making excuses for why this is ok. seriously wtf.. dangerous suicidal people.

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Even Iranian ambassador is blaming the Syrian conflict for this hatred against shia.

Update: Iranian ambassador blames Syrians for anti-Shia protests | Egypt Independent

Salafis being supported by America has an agenda, just like Iranian government supported by Russia has an agenda. Both are the same when it comes to instigating hate. At least the salafis are not in power in Egypt so less chance of Egypt becoming another Syria for shia.

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Egypt: Salafis protest against establishing ties with Iran because it's Shia

????

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I can assure you shias living in iran and lebanon are 100 %safer and freer than shias living in the gulf. You need to take those blinkers off.. Only then will you see the truth.

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I said they are as safe as Iran and Lebanon...now it depends on your view of the Iranian government.

Somehow Iran can justify the killings of Bahais in Iran but if some Salafi group tries to do similar thing to Shia it's a crime.

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Egypt: Salafis protest against establishing ties with Iran because it's Shia

Well thats the point.. they're not safe in the gulf. They are oppressed and being killed/arrested for being shias. That is not happening in iran. Neither to sunnis or shias. What part of that is too hard to understand?

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They say that the hatred among relatives is the worst.
Both of them are anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish bigots, but they use this tool for propaganda. They understand that the Jews are not really a threat for them, but the anti-Jewish/Zionists/Western/American rhetoric gives them points among the the masses. They do understand though that the true fight is for the Muslim brains. All of them try to be at best for that. Jew-hatred always helps, but hitting each other is unavoidable in the end.

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tsk tsk tsk. How malicious of Iran. Just because some Salafi tries to kill Shias in Gulf, they call it a crime?!
Agreed with you. Doesn't make sense whatsoever. Since Iran kills Bahais in Iran, therefore Salafis will kill Shias in Salafi-land. And it is NOT a crime.

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Oh please, this is such a BS stereotype. It's villagers talk.

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Please read the last line of my post no. 27 ... with the blinkers off.

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Yes, but who are we all, but glorified "villagers"? I'm afraid the human nature takes precedence every time. And it's not pretty...